as in maid
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeeper
Juana Delgado Soto, who worked for six years as a housekeeper for the reality-TV star and beauty mogul, made her complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, April 29, according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Shaker is also representing Angelica Vazquez, another one of Jenner's housekeepers who filed a lawsuit against her and Tri Star Services and Maison Family Services in mid-April.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Knowledgeable staff rush to dig out books on native fauna from the 2,500-volume library, and housekeepers drop their brooms to point out a sayaca tanager’s nest or an earpod tree.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Roughly 30% of Gautam’s hotel staff in Florida are Haitians who are TPS holders, working as housekeepers, landscapers, supervisors and in other positions.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Shaker is also representing Angelica Vazquez, another one of Jenner's housekeepers who filed a lawsuit against her and Tri Star Services and Maison Family Services in mid-April.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Knowledgeable staff rush to dig out books on native fauna from the 2,500-volume library, and housekeepers drop their brooms to point out a sayaca tanager’s nest or an earpod tree.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Roughly 30% of Gautam’s hotel staff in Florida are Haitians who are TPS holders, working as housekeepers, landscapers, supervisors and in other positions.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeeper
maid
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Around a century ago, in New York, a white starlet named Irene Delroy got a hot tip from her maid, who was Black.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Colleen Camp, on the other hand, demonstrates a flair for light comedy as an alluring French maid, though the role too often requires her to play second fiddle to her own enhanced bosom.—
Kirk Ellis,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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